Student Guide

Bachelor's Programme in Design

Graduation

You may apply for graduation through the personal study plan (HOPS) inside Sisu. Graduation is applied for based on the current version of your primary study plan. The study plan is mandatory, because degree certificates in Sisu are based on the student’s plan and the graduation application made through it.

Video on how to request for graduation in Sisu

When you have finished all the studies for the Bachelor (of Arts) degree:

  1. Check that your study plan is up to date and approved in Sisu. If there is a problem with approval or the study plan, please get in touch with Learning Services as soon as possible.
  • If any part(s) of your study plan require separate approval, are against the rules or have some other status preventing graduation, then your graduation cannot be processed. So submit the requests for approvals in time.
  • Reserve enough time for this processing, so that the problems can be cleared up in time. If your study plan is not in order by graduation day, your graduation may be rescheduled for the next available graduation date.
  1. Apply for graduation in Sisu. To apply for graduation, fill out the graduation request. The deadline for submitting your application is also the date of graduation on your degree certificate (see the schedule below). Note that you must be enrolled as present on your date of graduation. View the Sisu graduation.
  2. Remember to respond to the national bachelor’s degree feedback survey (link provided upon applying for graduation).
  3. Include your choice of master’s programme in your graduation application. If, for any reason, you are in eligible for the programme given in your graduation application, we will contact you and ask for an alternative master’s programme.
  4. If need, apply tuition fee waiver for your master’s studies in the graduation request. Please note that you can apply only tuition fee waiver in this application and other scholarship are assigned elsewhere. Tuition fee waiver decision is provided in the graduation email.
  5. Sign up for the graduation ceremony. You will be invited via email once your graduation has been registered. The invitation is sent two weeks in advance of the graduation ceremony.
  6. Participate in the graduation ceremony or collect your degree certificate from Learning Services. You will be notified via email once your degree certificate is ready.
  7. Continue your studies in your master’s programme. View the instructions on creating your personal study plan for master’s studies.

After Graduation

Transition paths from bachelor's programmes to master's programmes in the School of Arts, Design and Architecture

Information about the transition paths from bachelor's programmes to master's programmes in the School of Arts, Design and Architecture that require a separate application process.

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